Saturday, November 10, 2012

Hindu School Girl Raped, Murdered in Basirhat

Hindus attacked, set fire to Muslim culprit’s house before
police

Champapukur in Basirhat is standing in stunned silence and
utter grief at the moment – dead body of Aditi Bhattacharya (age 12), Hindu
school girl of Class Six (in Champapukur Girls’ High School), missing for the
last three days, has been found in a nearby pond. Hindus in the vicinity are
certain that Azgar Ali Mollah, infamous Muslim culprit involved in women
trafficking for years, is solely responsible behind this ghastly crime; his
house was attacked and fired.

Police has arrested Azgar Ali Mollah and four members of his
family in connection with the murder.

The finding of Aditi’s dead body, on November 9, 2012, led to
a fury in the whole of Champapukur in Basirhat and also its vicinity. According
to police, the teenage Hindu girl was strangulated and initial investigation
suggests that a few persons were involved in the crime. However, Hindus in the
area are sure that Aditi was raped first and murdered afterwards. Even if
police has refused to comment in this regard, their strange silence and
presence of high-ranking police and administrative officials in the village to
quell any form of communal clashes strengthens Hindus’ suspicion.

It has come to knowledge, Aditi was missing from last
Tuesday; her father, Ganesh Bhattacharya, after searching her hither and
thither for hours, lodged a formal complaint in P.S. Basirhat. And on Friday,
in the morning, villagers perceived the dead body of Aditi in a small pool of
water before the residence of Azgar Ali Mollah. Even if police team from P.S.
Basirhat reached the spot soon, Hindus stopped them from seizing the dead body.
They had a unanimous demand – unless the Muslim culprit was arrested, police
would not take over the Hindu girl’s dead body.

All these led to a series of clashes between Hindus and
police. And before the police team,
house of Azgar was attacked and ignited by Hindus.

The situation was brought under control only after Ananda Sarkar,
SDPO, reached the spot with a large police contingent and assured Hindus of a
thorough and unbiased enquiry. Aditi’s
dead body was taken for post-mortem afterwards.

As per locals, Azgar Ali Mollah has been associated (long)
with women trafficking and helping illegal migration of Bangladeshi laborers to
India.